ate I called to the guard, privately gave him something and
said: "A carriage is coming in and I think it is bringing one of our
friends. When it reaches here, do not hold it up, and do not refer the
matter to the Governor." He put out a chair for me and I sat down.

By this time the sun had set. They had shut the main gate, too, but the
little door was open. The gatekeeper stayed outside, the carriage drew up,
the gentleman had arrived. What a radiant face he had! He was nothing but
light from head to foot. Just to look at that face made one happy; he was
so confident, so assured, so rooted in his faith, and his expression so
joyous. He was truly a blessed being. He was a man who made progress day
by day, who added, every day, to his certitude and faith, his luminous
quality, his ardent love. He made extraordinary progress during the few
days that he spent in the Most Great Prison. The point is that when his
carriage had come only part of the way from Haifa to Akka, one could
already perceive his spirit, his light.

After he had received the endless bounties showered on him by Baha'u'llah,
he was given leave to go, and he traveled to China. There, over a
considerable period, he spent his days mindful of God and in a manner
conformable to Divine good pleasure. Later he went on to India, where he
died.

The other revered Afnan and the friends in India felt it advisable to send
his blessed remains to 'Iraq, ostensibly to Najaf, to be buried near the
Holy City; for the Muslims had refused to let him lie in their graveyard,
and his body had been lodged in a temporary repository for safekeeping.
Aqa Siyyid Asadu'llah, who was in Bombay at the time, was deputized to
transport the remains with all due reverence to 'Iraq. There were hostile
Persians on the steamship and these people, once they reached Bu_sh_ihr,
reported that the coffin of Mirza Muhammad-'Ali the Babi was being carried
to Najaf for burial in the Vale of Peace, near the sacred precincts of the
Shrine, and that such a thing was intolerable. They tried to take his
blessed remains off the ship, but they failed; see what the hidden Divine
decrees can bring about.

His body came as far as Basra. And since that was a period when the
friends had to remain in concealment, Siyyid Asadu'llah was obliged to
proceed as if he were going on with the burial in Najaf, meanwhile hoping
in one way or another to effect the interment near Ba_gh_dad. Because,
although Najaf is a